As a genre name that has been accepted by the public, new realism is used to describe the realistic works with some new characteristics, appearing around 1987 when the production of pioneer novels was at low ebb.

• 新写实作为一个已得到公认的流派命名,被用来描述1987年前后,先锋小说创作退潮之后出现的具有一些新的特征的现实主义作品。